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Pittsburgh AIHA 2023-2024 Executive Committee Selected

4/28/2023

Following the recent Local Section Election, we would like to congratulate the following Pittsburgh AIHA members who will begin their term of office this summer!

President-Elect: Barry Momyer, CIH - AM Health and Safety, Inc.
Director: Rona Smeak, Ph.D, CSP - Slippery Rock University
Secretary: Carol Delfino, CIH, CSP - Delfino Health & Safety, LLC

Thank you to current Committee members, Tim Beck who will end his term as President, to be replaced by current President-elect Dane Mitcheson who will serve as President through July 2024. Frank Pokrwyka remains as Treasurer, and Darrick Bertig remains as Director, each through July 2024.

A big thank you to all who participate and volunteer for the Pittsburgh AIHA!

Pittsburgh AIHA Executive Committee Election - Nominations Due Now

2/2/2023

Our local section depends on its members to volunteer for positions on the executive committee. Serving on the committee is a great way to become more involved in the local section, and you can claim certification maintenance (CM) credit toward your CIH. We are currently asking for nominations for next year’s committee (serving July 2023 -June 2025):

President-elect, 2-year term followed by President (must also be a member of National AIHA)
Secretary, 2-year term (must also be a member of National AIHA)
Director, 2-year term (need not be a member of National AIHA)

NOTE: The American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) allows you to claim certification maintenance (CM) credit annually for local section office: local section President – 1 point; local section Officer or Director – 0.5 points.

If you would like to volunteer for elections or nominate someone, please contact Laura Allen or Christy Kirsch ASAP. A short bio and statement of intent along with a photo are due by February 28, 2023.

New Pgh. AIHA Director Named - Darrick Bertig, CIH, CSP, CUSA, MS

1/31/2023

During the 2022 Pittsburgh AIHA Election, Kate Crott was selected as Director for a 2-year term. Due to a job change and relocation, Kate was unable to fulfill her duties, leaving a vacant Director position. The Executive Committee is happy to announce that Darrick Bertig, CIH, CSP, CUSA, MS, Industrial Hygiene Representative for FirstEnergy, will fill the vacant Director position on the Executive Committee through June 30, 2024. Darrick has been a long-standing member of the Pittsburgh AHA and currently serving on the Program Committee.

Open Call for Nominees to the Executive Committee

2/1/2022

Our annual local section election will be held in March -- The Pittsburgh AIHA needs volunteers who would like to run for Local Section office for 2022-2023 (term begins July 2022). We are looking for candidates interested in running for President-Elect, Director, and Treasurer.

Responsibilities of the President-Elect (1-year term as President-Elect followed by 1-year term as President) are as follows:

Function as President in the President’s absence;
Chair the Program Committee and serve as a nonvoting member of the Local Sections Council;
Attend as many local section meetings and Board of Directors meetings as able, especially in the President's absence.

Responsibilities of the Director (2-year term) are as follows– does not need to be a member of the National AIHA:

Assist in setting direction and tone for the local section; and
Chair various committees and assume other work as assigned by the President.

Responsibilities of the Treasurer (2-year term) are as follows:

Serve as custodian of all monies due the Section and shall pay all authorized bills against the Section.
Submit the accounts for audit to the Audit Committee.
Transmit to the successor in office all funds and property of the Section in their possession.
An annual financial report shall be submitted to the Section.

Please contact any of the Executive Committee for more information / to get involved or email info@pittsburghaiha.org.

2021-2022 Pittsburgh AIHA Election Results

3/29/2021

The 2021-2022 Executive Committee Election has ended. 62 ballots were submitted. Thank you to all the members who participated and took the time to vote. Congratulations to our newly elected Executive Committee Members who will begin their term in July 2021:

President-Elect: Lt. Timothy Beck, MPH
Secretary: Renee Cowell, CSP
Director: Thomas L. Blank, CIH, CSP, FAIHA

2021-2022 Pittsburgh AIHA Election - March 12, 2021

3/12/2021

The Local Section Election will take place beginning March 12, 2021 when the e-ballots will be distributed to all Pittsburgh AIHA members in good standing (current dues / membership 2021). Please take the time to vote! The deadline is March 19, 2021 at 11:00 PM.

Candidates for 2021-2022:

President-elect:

LT Timothy Beck is an Engineer Consultant in the Health Hazards Prevention Branch of CDC-NIOSH Pittsburgh Mining Research Division. He is also an engineer officer in the Commissioned Corps of the US Public Health Service. He joins over 6100 other public health officers serving throughout the federal government to protect, promote, and advance the health and safety of the nation.

Secretary:

Renee Cowell, CSP is Senior Safety Representative at Energy Transfer Partners and Past-President of the Pittsburgh AIHA. She has 25 years of experience in the field of environmental, health and safety (EHS) specializing in behavioral based safety, safety cultural change, compliance and assurance programs, lean, corporate standards, auditing, and management system development.

Directors:

Thomas L. Blank, CIH, CSP, FAIHA has over 45 years of leadership, mentoring, and professional recognition in safety and health research, education, toxicology, safety, industrial hygiene, regulatory processes, management of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) programs, EHS compliance, and process safety/risk management. Tom is a Past-President of the Pittsburgh AIHA and a National AIHA Fellow.

Nick Ravotti, GSP is an EHS Specialist at Kennametal in Pittsburgh. He graduated summa cum laude from Slippery Rock University in December 2020 with a major in Safety Management and a minor in Business Administration. While at SRU, Nick was President for the inaugural SRU student section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association.

Volunteer Today! Executive Committee Nominations Needed

1/3/2021

The AIHA Pittsburgh Local Section is in need of volunteers for the 2021-2022 executive committee. We are in search of nominations for President-Elect, Director, and Secretary. For any questions regarding duties and terms, and to submit nominations for yourself or others, please contact our nominations committee chair, Renee Cowell, CSP at renee.cowell@energytransfer.com.

The Pittsburgh Local Section Election will take place in February 2021. For a general description of duties, please see the link: https://www.pittsburghaiha.org/bylaws.html

2020-2021 Local Section Election Results

3/6/2020

The 2020-2021 Pittsburgh AIHA Election has ended and results are as follows:

President-Elect: Laura Hallett, Cardno ChemRisk who will serve a 1-year term as President-Elect followed by 1-year term as President.
Director: Carol Delfino, CIH, CSP (SE Technologies, LLC) who will serve a 2-year term.
Treasurer: Maureen Kelly (Transitional Services) who will continue serving the Pittsburgh AIHA for another 2-year term.

Congratulations to these newly-elected Executive Committee members who will take (or continue) office later this summer and thank you to the Pittsburgh AIHA members that cast their vote this year!

Volunteer Today! Executive Committee Nominations Needed

11/17/2019

The AIHA Pittsburgh Local Section is in need of volunteers for the 2020-2021 executive committee. We are in search of nominations for President-Elect, Director, and Treasurer. For any questions regarding duties and terms, and to submit nominations for yourself or others, please contact our nominations committee chair, Matt Zock at matthew.zock@fedex.com.

The Pittsburgh Local Section Election will take place in February 2020. For a general description of duties, please see the link: https://www.pittsburghaiha.org/bylaws.html

2019-2020 Local Section Election Results

3/18/2019

We are pleased to announce the results of our recent elections for the AIHA Pittsburgh Local Section executive committee.

Sarmed Shareef, CIH, CSP - University of Pittsburgh ran uncontested and secured the necessary votes for the position of President-elect.

Frank Pokrwyka, EdD, CIH (retired) - University of Pittsburgh ran uncontested and secured the necessary votes to remain in position as Secretary.

Josh Maskrey - Cardno Chemrisk, in an extremely close election secured the necessary votes to win the position of Director over Ashlyn Landgraf, GSP - US Army Corps of Engineers.

Update: Pittsburgh AIHA - Exec. Committee Election 2018-2019

3/14/2018

The Pittsburgh AIHA held their annual Executive Committee election March 5, 2018 through March 12, 2018. 47 Members participated in the online election by casting their vote via electronic ballot. Thank you to the members who participated in the election and the following newly-elected Executive Committee members who will take office this summer:

President-Elect: Renee Cowell, CSP (Hatch, LLC)
Director: Barbara Cummings, CIH (AM Health & Safety)
Treasurer: Paula Sweitzer, CHMM (Duquesne University)

2017-2018 Local Section Election -- Results to be posted

3/9/2017

The Election ballot link was distributed via email on March 5, 2017 to all current active members of the Pittsburgh AIHA. The deadline to vote was March 10. The candidates running for office are listed below:

President-Elect: Lucinette Alvarado, CIH (Covestro)
Director: Ashlyn Landgraf, GSP, R.T.(N) (FedEx Ground) and Barry Momyer, CIH (AM Health & Safety)
Secretary: Frank Pokrywka, PhD, CIH (University of Pittsburgh)

Results will be posted once the candidates are notified. If you have any questions, email to ckirsch@pittsburghaiha.org.

2015-2016 Local Section Election - New Executive Committee Members

2/17/2015

The Pgh. AIHA 2015-2016 Election is now closed.. Congratulations to the following new Executive Committee members who will take office over the summer:

President-Elect: Dennis Kelly (Current Director) - Sunoco Logistics
Director: Matt Zock, MS, CIH - FedEx Ground
Secretary: Frank Pokrywka, CIH (Incumbent) - University of Pittsburgh

Thank you to all who took the time to vote!

New Local Section Officers Selected for 2014-2015

3/15/2014

The results are as follows:

Bernie Quinn - President-Elect
Stanford Liang - Director
Maureen Sammons - Continues as Treasurer

Thank you to our candidates, and all who voted in our 2014-2015 Election. Our next local section election will take place in February 2015 - Candidates will be needed to run for President-Elect, Director, and Secretary. Please consider volunteering to run for office - your participation is crucial to the success of our organization! Anyone interested in running for office, please contact any member of the Executive Committee.

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